Tuesday, folks, and William Butler Yeats' birthday. Things fall apart. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm wearing my own patented blend of Hermès Eau des Merveilles (2 sprays) and Eau Claire des Merveilles (1 spray), because SheriG reminded me of it yesterday. Tea at the moment, served from a much cheaper teapot than the Hermès beauty shown above, is Upton Irish Breakfast.
Reminder: 6/16 will be Oddball Friday...wear a fragrance that smells like nothing else you own, or interpret oddball in some other oddball way. Suggested by Austenfan.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2017, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: the Hermès Bleus d’Ailleurs Porcelain teapot is $625, a teacup and saucer is $215.
SOTD is The Scent of Departure AMS (Amsterdam) – a curious combination of green and smoky notes. (For the oddball week).
Is it a *good* curious combination?
Oh yes, I like it (although it’s not popular, so maybe it’s just me). I may be biased, because I first got a sample to use it during my holiday in the Netherlands, so it brings back good memories. I seldom use it though – it’s good, but not good enough to buy a larger decant (I only have 5 ml).
To me, it mostly smells of green frankincense and something slightly soapy.
I never did try any of those, but that does sound interesting.
early this morning tested AG Ninfeo Mio, Matin D’Orage, Grand Amour and Rose Spendide.
Now am testing my Guerlain samples- Terracotta, Terrcotta Voile D”ete and L’Heure de Nuit. I already received a compliment at work
what did you think of the AG?
all good but my favorite of the bunch was Grand Amour. How was your shower? did everyone like their gifts?
The shower was fabulous! I decorated with lots of fresh cut flowers, the south of france soaps, pictures of the mom to be..the food was great. I met a lot of very nice people, since it was mostly her friends. Thanks again for your help
Voile d’Ete is one of my favorite summer scents! Enjoy!
I love it too!
Love Ninfeo Mio????
Agree!
and now testing the rest of the Guerlains-
Metallica, Parure, Liu, Insolence and Noire de Sophie (never heard of this one!)
Here’s the Guerlain Sophie info from M. Guerlain:
http://www.monsieurguerlain.com/2015/09/les-secrets-de-sophie.html
I wouldn’t fall in love with it though as it is discontinued.
Profumi del Forte – Tirrenico is my go to warm weather scent. It should be warming up today. It is an oddball in my collection.
It is HOT !!!
I is enjoying! !!
Un Jardin En Mediterranee, Hermes.
Triple strength coffee.
Carpe Diem. Peace,
Such a beautiful scent and a really gorgeous bottle as well!
Yes I was admiring the ombre blue at the bottom!
Cheers Herr Kirsch !
I went to an Hermes counter for the first time the other day and their bottles (and home/bath accessories) display so beautifully together. It gave me a whole new appreciation for their packaging and aesthetics. Les Colognes are particularly stunning and a visual delight.
I agree. I love the pretty colors.
Its one of my favourite jardins. And it gets me compliments (even after 8 hour wear)!
I almost grabbed it this morning, but went with Corsica Furiosa instead. I need to drain at least 5 samples, before I am ‘allowed’ to buy new ones….(self-imposed rule…haha they tend to get broken all the time).
My bottle has about 10% left, may repurchase.
I have an ocean of perfume, but too much is never enough is it ?
If you’ve used 90% and still love it, you definitely should. Also, there may still be some good discounts to be found on the previous packaging.
Ditto!!
‘Ocean of perfume’
LOL
*leans in* you smell fantastic! Un Jardin + coffee is a lovely scent on you!
Thank you, Ede !
Hello, house twin!
I love the teapot and teacups
…and i love Yeats! Oh wow, brings back memories. I read a lot of his work when I was a teenager.
Wearing Corsica furiosa, from a sample. So lovely!
Yeats is probably my favorite poet. Well, maybe, it’s hard to pick.
You smell great!
BURNING! HOT! Wearing Assam of India in a day that I have to be half of it outside????. Drinking iced coffee and ready to survive. I love hot temperatures, but gosh!
Oh, no! Today is not the day for that ???? Stay hydrated!
Leaving in a couple of minutes. We will be attending a meeting uptown and then 1 hour inspection. I already stopped the coffee and water will be handy. I am always amazed at how construction workers handle the temperatures. Some of them when in the process of installing the steel in high floors carry small bags of salt and consume small amounts frequently since they cannot have bottles of water around. I have never tried that option, since in my case it is not necessary at all, but I will try one of these days and see if it really helps me. You too stay cool!
When I lived in Iran and KSA, salt pills were a must.
Aspara, I regret not using salt tablets when I hiked down into the Grand Canyon. I think they would have helped me avoid altitude sickness. I drank 4 liters on a 6 hour hike and was still wrecked at the end of it.
And you are a medical professional Deva San !!
Salt tablets and tomato juice were the Peace Corps volunteers go to prophys. Saved my bacon more than once out in the deserts of the Middle East.
I did not know about tomato juice. Taking note right away. Thank you for mentioning it.
I would just grab a hot dog ???? Plenty of salt there
I often wonder how construction workers stay out in the heat with those heavy hats and vests and boots. It would kill me
The hard hats are pretty light. Boots heavy. I hate wearing hats because it makes my head very hot. I guess it is my own problem, since everyone else does not experience that. The material they are made off is supposed to keep a regular temperature. I survived today ????, but it is hell outside!
This fascinates me. My dad used to make me take salt pills before my sporting events on hot days. I just thought he was nuts – I never knew that there was a reason to his salty madness!
I think I will get some salt pills to keep myself hydrated on those long days in the site. I feel this summer I am going to spend lot of time outside.
stay cool!
I will. Thank you.
You smell refreshing …love assam of india!
Thank you. Okland Fresca introduced me to Assam of India in the last swapmeet, and I really love it!
Hope you didn’t end your day wilted from the heat!
Almost
Looking forward to nicer temperatures tomorrow!
Calvin Klein CK Be – a summer favorite. Gorgeous here in Colorado today.
Sold our house, continuing to work on moving. And what a boatload of work it is! I’ve already informed my dear husband that, among other things, a box of perfumes will accompany me on our final drive to the new destination in the northwest.
Have a nice day, all!
Good luck on the move! The only problem I had when driving my perfumes cross country was an expensive decant leaked due to pressure changes driving over the rockies, wish I had wrapped it in parafilm.
I will be crossing the Rockies, so I’ll look into that. Thanks.
I once moved to CO from CA and had some cosmetic casualties (fragrance and nail polish). Package and un-package those beauties carefully. Best of luck on your move!
Congratulations!
Good for you, and hope the move goes easy!
So much work! I’m exhausted on your behalf. But I’m sure you’ll be thrilled to be closer to your family.
Good luck on the move! Your car will smell lovely.
Congrats on selling the house! On to the next phase…
Congratulations and good luck on the move!
Yay! Happy moving!!!
Congrats on getting the house sold! That must be such a big load off your mind.
Totally understand about moving certain things yourself. Mine is perfumes plus my kitchen stuff. **Nobody** moves those things except me.
Alaia is my SOTD and drinking a cup of Jasmine Green Tea.
You smell lovely!
Thank you!
You smell beautiful! I love Alaia!
I love it also
Thanks!
You smell great. I almost went with Alaïa today…
In Aedes Pelargonium today. I think it’s going to start raining soon
I think that’s a great one for summer!
Bought a mini of Pharrell Williams Girl and am already regretting not getting the big cute bottle. But I must stay strong as time has demonstrated I pretty much never use more than 10 ml of anything. This is really good though!
The big bottle is so much more attractive! But I would never use it up.
fragrancenet was selling it for around twenty dollars…that is free…so get it!
I know, that’s why I was considering it, but being strict about sampling first has saved me a lot of $ over the years! I’m going to wear it for a few more days and see if I still love it. Right now it is reminding me a lot of Le Labo Aldehyde 44 so maybe I can see it as saving even MORE money, heh heh
welp, that resolution didn’t last long
I mean you’re right, they’re practically giving it away.
SOTD TF Vert de Fleur.
Those teacups are beautiful.
I would take a whole set of those dishes, if I just had to.
I’d take a set of those dishes even if I didn’t have to!
It will work out about the same for both us, I’d guess!
SOTD is Etat Libre d’Orange “Nombril Immense”. Oddball because: “huge bellybutton” is a perfume name now?
Notes are: patchouli, balm of Peru, vetiver, black pepper, opoponax, bergamot, carrot seed and ambrette. It’s very smooth and pleasant, but not great lasting power.
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst
are full of passionate intensity.”
Hmm, ya, bellybutton is not a great olfactory association.
Does it remind you of a bellybutton?
In all honesty, no, it does not. I am quite fond of bellybuttons but I don’t think I’ve ever noticed how they smell . :^)
Wouldn’t you love to read the design brief for that one. The good news is I want you to make a perfume. The bad news is I want it to be based around a belly button…but the good news is it’s not just any belly button, it’s a big belly button and, to help with research, I’ve arranged for you to visit a sauna and turkish baths….
I think of that Yeats line often when considering American politics.
I love that Paris Review piece!
I’m wearing M7.
I did too — “Yeats’s lines work outside their context because the word pairings are brilliant in and of themselves” is perfect.
(And of course you smell perfect.)
Me too, and you smell great.
I am wearing mark White Vetiver, which I received yesterday. Thank you tlgunnison, who sent me this from the freebiemeet. I think I like it. It’s a big scent, so I sprayed lightly for me. It’s a plum, tuberose, and vetiver scent. It smells kind of familiar, but I don’t remember the fragrance it resembles. We’ll see what happens in the drydown.
Plum and tuberose…just readinh those notes made me think of Poison, by Dior.
Is there a feral animal that is in heat in this room?
me: meow
odd ball SOTD Sous le Vent
And SlV is all herbal tarragon on me – which is fine with chicken but not on my skin. :-/ My skin eats skank though.
There must be a note in some of the Guerlains that reads as strong tarragon on some skin. I had that experience with Cologne du Parfumeur, unwearable for me but delicious on others.
“which is fine w its chicken but not on my skin”
hysterical!
SlV reads differently on me depending on the weather. I really love it! One of my favorite oddball fragrances.
Such a good one, and so good in the heat!
Wow, I wore that the other day and didn’t get anything feral, just a cooling chypre.
Its gorgeous scent isn’t it? I adore SlV!
Good morning, all. Portland is cool, nay, even cold, soI’m wearing Arbole Arbole. When Foxbins and I sniffed Arbole Arbole the other day, neither of us liked it much, but I’m playing with it today as an oddity. Why oddity? Because I don’t get much patchouli at all from this (apparently) patchouli-centric perfume. Nothing earthy, except sometimes I think I smell narcissus; nothing green, nothing dry. Instead, I get a softly rosey melange of spice and warm flowers. It’s not unpleasant, especially in the second hour, but on me, it’s nothing like the poem that inspired it. My experience is certainly closer to Lucas’s review than Angela’s. If you fancy this, try before you buy: I think skin chemistry is EVERYTHING with this one.
To San Francisco today on the last leg (sigh) of our holiday. The emails from work are piling up in my inbox now, but I am resolutely ignoring all meeting requests. I’m on leave for one more week, and this holiday I will have, right down to the very last drop.
Be well, all.
enjoy San Francisco!
I’ve loved reading your travelogue! Thanks for sharing and continue to enjoy. Safe travels!
Sounds like you are having a lovely time! I especially loved hearing about your meet up and sniffing adventures with other NSTers. Why are you checking work email at ALL?! You’re on holiday girl!!
When I log in to check on the Dak-cat, all the other emails are sitting in the screen, and I can’t help but see the subject line, but it’s worth it to know that Dakkie is doing OK. He’s destroyed two knitted mice, which sounds as though he’s bored and sulking, but he’s pretty well.
I can’t imagine the tales he’ll tell us when we get back…the dragons he killed (was it seven, Dakkie? Really? What a Brave Cat! Have five Temptations.); the burglars he foiled ( you saved my mother’s pearls? Have some more Temptations!). There’ll be the story of The Uppity Vacuum Cleaner, The Fearsome Fire Alarm, and so on. He won’t be quiet for days!
You need to write an Adventures of Dakkie book! Seriously.
If you are driving, enjoy the drive.
It’s very disconcerting seeing your posts near the top of the thread . I keep thinking, What’s she doing up there when she should be down here with me. Makes me feel like I have overslept. Lots of snow around the hills and bitterly cold so extend your holiday.
Enjoy SF, and be sure to get some burritos at Taqueria Cancun! Mmmmmm.
I have loved reading about your trip, and I especially love that you are ignoring all work e-mails. Keep up the strength to resist peeking to see what chaos has developed in your absence.
I’ve been quietly sitting back and taking in your adventure posts. Great stuff, and I am getting a few ideas for things to see should I get back to that part of the US sometime soon.
It’s pretty chilly down here in the Bay Area in the morning and evening, too! Are you going to come down to the South Bay at all?
Have a wonderful time
and I second the idea of you writing an Adventures of Dak-Cat book.
San Francisco! What fun! I’m going to butt in a bit and suggest you go to Muir Woods if you possibly can, or make a note for next year. It transcends peace, it’s a gift from the heavens, and you won’t be the same after you visit there. Okay, carry on and thanks for your patience. ????
Love Muir Woods! It’s fabulous if you like taking nature photos-the lighting and colors are beautiful.
Isn’t it, though? I was a little overcome with emotion when I was there, but managed to get some good pictures. I will go back someday.
Enjoy San Francisco and ignore those work emails!
Love the teacup but ouch!
SOTD is Perles de Lalique
Double ouch. Maybe quadruple ouch. I am drinking right now from my very nice Mon Amie breakfast cup, which runs less than $30, so I am content.
https://nstperfume.com/2015/11/02/monday-scent-of-the-day-112-2/
A very nice and realistic alternative to the Hermès extravaganza
That’s…still not exactly cheap for a mug.
Very true! But since I only need the one, and I like the way it looks (and that it holds 17 oz), I don’t mind.
Today ‘Serge Noire’ by Serge Lutens. Sensual animalic body odour mixed with the most gorgeous blend of spices. Well, I love it.
Sensual was not the word that came to mind when I tried this, it was incredibly potent BO on me. Glad it smells better on you!
Serge Noire! It does not get a lot of mentions but I like it a lot. And it deserves more love. I think the phase that starts after 2 hours is the best!
I have some juice left in a sample, after its gone, maybe I’ll go for a bottle (with the whole re-vamping of SL in mind).
Enjoy!
Just to prove skin chemistry is everything, it smells like burnt hair on me.
LOLOLOL.
I once set my mustache on fire, accidentally……long story.
It smells like that.
Enjoy!
To each their own.
Sampling Zoologist Bat — not at all what I was expecting it to smell like (and definitely odd to my mind!). I tend to have issues with “mineral” notes and that’s mostly what I’m getting from this.
Bat is fun and funky and odd. I smell banana leaf along with the mineral-dirt note.
I like it a lot but I get just plain banana smell from it. It’s one of my two favorites from my sample set from them–unexpectedly–but if I buy one it’ll be Civet.
I was expecting banana, but all I got was the slightest hint of something maybe-fruity under the mineral-dirt.
ETA: Ended up scrubbing this. It’s really interesting (smells like a cave!) and I can see it being loved, but it doesn’t hit my perfume buttons.
Do you find yourself being more or less willing to scrub something as you try more samples? Having found TWO loves recently, I’ve noticed myself being far more willing to scrub something that isn’t appealing after about 15 minutes.
Trying Pichola now, which I’m really liking. NV is apparently right in my strike zone.
Count me in the “15 minute scrub” group! Life’s too short to wear perfume that I don’t really love. Now granted, I may miss a few by scrubbing too quickly, but oh well…
More willing! Bat, by the way, makes me consistently almost throw up.
Bat smelled like wet dirt to me.
Hot, hot, hot! Wearing Chanel no 5 edt which seems to have gotten swallowed up but my suncreen. I also have a spritz of Parfums Quartana Hemlock on my hand which is an oddball contender: crushed wet greenery, vanilla, and a hint of vinyl.
I’m thinking of wearing Pichola today. It is still cool and grey outside, but Oakland is a happy place this morning. Errrr love the color scheme of that tea set ????
Love your avatar. Perfect.
Second this and congratulations!
Oh, I think I may have missed something that involves sports?
Yeah, Oakland Fresca managed to avoid going to the gym!
Kanuka may be right in this case
, but that is also the Golden State Warriors (NBA basketball team) logo and they just won the championship last night by beating Lebron James’s Cleveland Cavs.
I did finally drag my sorry enormous you know what to the gym…
But lemme just say it loud and proud, the Warriors are an Oakland team. They may be called the “Golden State” Warriors, but Oaklanders know the court battles have been OUR battles. There are Warriors streamers and flags everywhere. People are literally dancing in the streets. The Warriors may be abandoning us, but not today. Not today.
To paraphrase Dorothy Parker:
Oh, seek, my Warriors, your newer way;
I’ll not be left in sorrow.
So long as I have yesterday,
Go take your damned tomorrow (in San Francisco)!
Today, we are all Warriors!
Okay. Got that off my chest
Just tried my sample and I’m really liking it. I can see Pichola going with a gray day!
Love the avatar! It looks like….VICTORY!! My husband had to leave the room because he was too nervous. He came back with a few minutes left.
I jump and scream at the TV, but also leave the room when things get too stressful!
Cleveland is feeling a little sore this morning, but 2016 was a good year for us, so you guys can have this one
But LeBron was magnificent. Can’t take that away from you.
Congratulations! My husband is a Bay Area native, so he has been on cloud 9. I am a big fan of LeBron James, so I am staying quiet.
See my comment above. I share your admiration!
Congratulations! I hope you’re enjoying the great energy from thousands of happy people.
I am! I feel like the whole city is walking on the balls of our feet.
Woot woot! Not surprisingly, many of us Wildcats were rooting for GS too. (Aside from Richard Jefferson, that is.????)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVRCCu0jFlI/
Very beautiful photo! I love those colors- so happy!
In a short week and half I will be back with my homies: my beloved Corsica Furiosa, PHI, MFK CPLS, Zelda, the inimitable Shalimar, and many, many more. I’ve missed them in a way I never anticipated. Absence does make the heart grow fonder.
I need to winnow my collection and keep only the “essentials” which will go a long way in making things more portable. I don’t want to leave anything behind again. Stay tuned as I will be listing bottles I’m giving away here on NST as they are culled.
A huge Thank You to those who helped assuage my loneliness by sending me samples, decants, and even a full bottle! You lovely people know who you are and I can’t really express my thanks enough. Sending you big virtual hugs!
Naja is on my mind. I’m dithering because the exact time it’s available for shipping, I will probably be on the road and the uncertainty of successful delivery into my hot little hands is questionable. I don’t want to risk it sitting on my porch in Florida in the sweltering heat or possibly being “misdirected” into other hands. A conundrum.
SOTD in the reminder of Naja from yesterday. The idea of showering and sending this beauty down the drain makes my heart hurt.
Do you have a local friend you could deliver it to instead?
I have neighbors who are collecting my mail and forwarding it to me every couple of weeks, but in this day in age, people steal. I ordered a life vest for T-Rex that went missing after a confirmed UPS delivery. I may call LuckyScent and see if they can hold it until I get an address that coincides with my next contract.
I need to get a decant of Corsica Furiosa, it should be perfect in the summer heat. As for Naja, I ordered it to be shipped to a family member in the US as I didn’t want to pay the extra $35 customs duties.
You DO need a decant (and then a full bottle!). Great idea with the shipping. I’m looking forward to hearing what you think of Naja????
Deva, I am so, so wanting Naja. However, I hate melon in any form and I’m certain it hates me back!
How is the melon in Naja?
Oh, well, on me, the melon was not really discernible. But keep in mind I’m very bad at picking out notes or being scientifically specific. It’s more about the “feel” for me. I still love Onda but I think Naja is more wearable, so I would get more use from it. When I smell Naja, melon doesn’t even pop into my mind.
Oh good!
You enabler, you.
Deva, my sample of Onda edp arrived today. This one is really nice. I got the edp sample only because it was $2 less than the voile. Both have the notes I enjoy.
Flopper, I’m glad you’re diggin’ it. I think I may have something you might like. I’m going to shoot you and email. ????
SOTD is 1996 Byredo, from a sample Luckyscent provided with Pulp. 1996 is more my style by far. I might swap Pulp. Stay cool!
1996 Byredo is more me than Pulp would ever be. I use my Pulp bottle as a room spray.
Using Pulp as a room spray is a great idea.
Pulp freaked me out so badly that I’ve never tried another Byredo!
This comment made me laugh! That is a SERIOUS freak out????
Pulp is pretty darn weird.
Pulp is the only perfume that my husband desperately requested that I shower off. It was absolutely wretched on my skin – he said I smelled like a hot dumpster behind a smoothie store. However, I do adore two other fragrances by Byredo (Oliver Peoples and Mojave Ghost), so maybe give another a shot?
I love your husband’s description! Pulp was the subject of my haiku a few years ago:
Greedy child vomits
After eating too much fruit.
I must go shower.
I actually thought about their Seven Veils when I was sampling vanillas but never did. I’ve made note of your recs. Thanks!
Oh, I would go back to Byredo — Pulp is far and away the weirdest of the brand.
SOTD: Guerlain Chant d’Aromes. Odd only in that I haven’t worn it in a while and I’m not loving this as much as I remember I used to!
Stay cool you all! I’m looking forward to the forecasted thunderstorms today.
oh no! Its a bummer when you adore something and then it changes on your skin
Did *it* change on my skin or did my cougholdcough skin change?!? :-0
You smell lovely!
I sampled Chant d’Aromes in the Guerlain boutique in Epcot last weekend. It is a beautiful scent.
Good Morning everyone. As I am probably not going anywhere again this summer, I decided I will try to wear the beach scents I own as much as possible. SOTD is Heeley’s Sel Marin and drinking my usual Stash Chai Green Tea (made with hot water and a tea bag, and not from a beautiful tea pot).
And do you like Sel marin?
I am kinda curious, I think I like salty notes.
For my part, it’s worth a try, Jiji.
Sel Marine is really beautiful. I always wear it summer time. The salty notes are great! You should give it a try.
Here is something to give you a bit of a tropical getaway: Try the green chai tea with some coconut or almond milk for a green tea latte!
Yay! Today is my first day of summer vacation. This was a rough school year for me, but I made it.
I’m wearing Pure Mariposa by Ramon Monegal. I get a lot of gardenia from this. Its a beautiful scent.
Congratulations! the end of the school year is a wonderful moment to savor.
Yes it is! Thanks!
Congratulations! the end of the school year is a wonderful moment to savor.
Hurray for the start of summer, then!
Ooh, it is a nice feeling isn’t it? I’m two weeks into my summer vacation, and it’s been pretty delightful (with some notable exceptions, but that’s not summer’s fault). Relax and enjoy yourself!
Congratulations! Enjoy!
How wonderful! Enjoy your summer…you deserve it.
I’m a fan of Cuirelle, a really delicate leather (thanks to a thoughtful NSTer) from Monegal, and may pull the trigger on a decant soon.
Wearing the bubbly, pineapple goodness of Ananas Fizz. I am so sad that they discontinued this beauty.
34 C here today – Summer has arrived.
And I am so jealous of anyone who still has some! It is a delight.
ha! I’m in a pineapple mood too.
I just got the Internatural newsletter (no aff.) and this was one of their featured products:
https://www.internatural.com/coconut-oil-soap-certified-100-organic-pineapple-coconut.html
Not to enable or anything.
Oooooh, that sounds wonderful. Did you read the turtle story? Loved that! My grandparents were humanitarian volunteers to Fiji in the 1970s. I still have the cowrie shells they brought back.
scents of the morning = Eau des Merveilles + Eau Claire des Merveilles a la SheriG and Robin
Thanks to both of you for the inspiration. Eau Claire is a bit of an oddball for me as sometimes I can’t smell it at all. So far so good. Eau Claire adds a floral duskiness to EdM’s citrus mineral sparkle.
Things fall apart, the centre can not hold — a perfect sentiment for my mood of the past week. I am at loose ends as summer begins. So, I have set for myself the attainable and cheerful goal of learning to play “Pine Apple Rag” on the piano by August.
Here’s a fun musical rendition of that piece with a darling video story, If you have a moment or two please enjoy along with me as Olive Us shows how to visit a French bakery:
http://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/37113351656
And now i’m hungry.
And now I’m wiping drool from my chin ????
Totally confident that you can play that tune backwards, sideways, and upside down by August. Happy practicing!
yah, I was drooling over the tarte aux citron.
Must be tons of fun, learning to play a rag like that. Its so uplifiting and cheerful.
And Fench bakeries are the best!
Playing the piano (as an adult) has become very therapeutic. As a child it was sometimes less fun, lol.
So true! I would enjoy it more now, I think. I did like playing Scott Joplin and found playing syncopated music easier for some reason.
Step 3, Make a choice, is where I get hung up, because I always want one of everything!
That’s a lovely cheerful piano piece. Have a good time learning it!
Agree, choosing is the hardest,
et merci! It will be good fun to play ragtime.
Hey twin (very late)! And what a fantastic goal.
Good morning all, and I WANT that tea set! Wow! Today I’m trying Tom of Finland from a small sample set I ordered of ELDO. It’s not exactly my thing, too much smoke and iris, but it’s a really well done scent and might be divine on the right person.
In case you want to want more, it’s not even a tea set, it’s a whole set of dishes!
Cocoa sandalwood oil (from a SSS sample) and a little TF Scent. Two oddballs.
SOTD is Samarinda.
Pretty!
I’m in Shalimar edc today just because I was craving it. It’s not an oddball to me now, but Shalimar was definitely an oddball the first time I tried it. It was so unlike the most of the dept. store stuff I’d been wearing for a few years. I remember distinctly smelling my forearm over and over and over. I wasn’t sure if I even like, and before long it was true love ha! Now I tend to want to wear it at least once a week or I start missing it.
My Guerlain samples arrived yesterday. I was reeking havoc (in true Holly fashion) last night with Vol de Nuit on my right forearm, Chamade on the left, and Apres l’Ondee on my upper right arm. I am starting to think I am just a Guerlain person because I liked all three. Hard to pick which I liked better because they’re all different to me.
I also received a Commodity Cocktail Kit from the freebie meet (it was a fun trip to the mailbox yesterday!) and look forward to layering those and also trying them on their own.
Those are all beautiful! You smell fantastic!
Scent twin! Shalimar is always a good choice.
We smell great!
Shalimar is a beauty
You smell great. It’s easy to be a Guerlain person, as far as I’m concerned. ????
It’s a scorcher today in Cleveland and I am a little bummed that the Cavs lost the championship. Today I am wearing Une Rose Vermielle today. That stuff has the lasting power of plutonium.
They played very tough. A great team.
So sorry about Cleveland. I was rooting for you guys. Know that those guys played a heck of a series and fought to the very end. Very admirable.
I watched game 4 and was shocked at how well they played. That was a game for the ages!
Hello All!
1) Happy Tuesday! So first the first in a far too long time, did a cardio workout this morning for 15 minutes upon waking!* I had forgotten how good i felt when doing this.
2) SOTD: Chanel Eau Premiere, decidedly NOT oddball at all. OOTD: Blue and white lightweight blouse with blue slacks + black heeled sandals.
* 8 rounds of mountain climbers + 8 rounds of burpees+8 rounds of squats+ 8 rounds of jogging in place for 1 minute
Am so envious of your exercise. Nearly talked myself out of going to the gym today, first time in 2 months, because I couldn’t remember my lock combination…. My powers of rationalization are extraordinary.
THAT is exactly the reason I won’t use a number padlock. I had one on a (school) locker a few years ago and would often forget the password over the weekend!
(And congrats on going to the gym!)
I set my combination locks to part of a number that I have to remember for other reasons, such as a phone number.
You couldn’t do this with online passwords, because hackers might know and try any numbers associated with you, but I assume gym thieves don’t even know whose locker they are trying.
But you still have to remember which association the set of numbers relates to. Re: the combination above, it was my husband’s birthdate and I still found myself staring at the lock many Mondays, at a complete loss. *iz old*
It’s only weekend jet lag, kpaint!
Not that I ever lack for excuses to skip the gym.
LOL!
I have towel service at my gym and full showers with towels/hairdryers at my work campus, so this makes getting cleaned up a lot easier- I don’t have to lug a ton of stuff with me- just sneakers and workout clothes. I keep small samples of leave in conditioner, shower comb and skin oil, along with perfume, in my work bag. I have a full thing of makeup at work (courtesy Hajusuuri) so I can make up my face at work. It;s just getting to the gym- ah, there is the rub!
I feel good just reading about your workout* That is super impressive
Sitting in bed , cup of coffee, toast and honey, NST, snow outside.
You know, that also sounds lovely!
SOTD is a few precious dabs of Aedes de Venustas Copal Azur, inspired by Filomena’s post yesterday. It’s an oddball for me since I usually save my balsamic/incense scents for winter. It’s lovely in the heat though.
And those teacups are gorgeous!
Wearing Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Yland & Vanille. It’s usually a bedtime scent, so hope I am not sleepy all day…
Catching up on Luca Turin’s twitter account, I learned about another way to wear scent molecules.
https://www.shapeways.com/shops/smellies
(No affiliation.)
Nice work detective! I wonder if some of those necklaces and bangles would keep catching on your clothes?
Good point. As interesting as the branched shapes are, the closed molecules would be easier to wear.
Very cool, thanks!
There are quite a few interesting links in LT’s twitter, it’s worth checking occasionally.
Chanel Boy today. I don’t know if anyone has already mentioned this but the Jo Malone website has a “just because” promotion going on. A digital game where you can win full size colognes/body products/candles. If you win, it automatically adds the item to your shopping cart and you just have to purchase one other item. Doesn’t matter what it is, there is no minimum purchase. I won a 100 ml bottle of cologne, a candle, body creme, a 100 ml cologne intense. I just made small purchases in order to win the products, it’s a pretty great deal.
Enabler! I am on there now lol.
What cologne intense did you win? And did you win it yesterday?
yes, I think everything on the more expensive end might be gone, I’m assuming all of that went first.
I won orris & sandalwood. and the other 100 ml cologne I won was basil & neroli. I checked now and it seems to mainly be hand and body lotions, the geranium & walnut hand creme, and free engraving.
I played yesterday afternoon and only 50ml intense colognes were left. I assume they were only offering the basil/neroli on the cologne side? I never saw any other colognes. I was tempted by the body cremes, but managed to stop myself, ha!
And, I had to remind myself repeatedly that I didn’t like the basil/neroli so what would I do with a 100ml bottle?!! ????
And I just fell in love with it
Bvlgari Black today! Haven’t worn it in a while, and was craving it. It’s really good in the heat!
Black is great! I’ll have to give it a shot in the heat.
I’m wearing a jacket that that still smells of Zoologist Hummingbird, from when I wore it a couple of days ago. I think I’m in love. I may have to get a FB.
I can’t wear that specific Zoologist, but overall I find the line to be fantastic.
Wearing the beautiful Bottega Veneta today.. at a conference all day and this is my perfect conference perfume.
93 degrees out NYers!
Too hot!
Jubilation 25! Sounds like it should be a level of spiritual development for Tom Cruise etc. but smells like granny has found the g-spot at age 88. Thanks Waterdragon! You minx.
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Ha! That’s great.
Wearing Six Scents Diagonal (Gareth Pugh). With its dill note, this is as odd as it gets. I cannot wear it for too long, but I am weirdly attracted to it.
I forgot, i got an email from Smell Bent re. A 50% discount online garage sale. Might be some odd balls going cheap.
Yes, it is hot, but it is not snowing! So no complaints here. Sotd is Black Opium. This is an oddball because I’m the only one here that wears it. Lol, I do enjoy it very much.
I am with you, lillyjo! I will take the heat any day over snowstorms!
Heat twins! Lol, now I’m thinking about the Mr. Heat miser song from one of the animated Christmas specials. I think it’s the year without a Santa Clause.
Yes! I love that song! And, the Miser brothers
I like Black Opium in small doses and MUCH cooler weather. It smells like coffee creme brulee to me.
I get very little coffee. On me, I get maple syrup over berry jam. I normally wouldn’t wear it in such hot weather, but it called my name this morning.
It’s always fun to hear what other people get from any given bottle of perfume.
Oh, when somebody makes a fragrance that reminds me of coffee creme brulee, I am buying it!
Nothing oddball for me today. I am wafting Cristalle.
And smellin’ gooood!
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Oh, so pretty!
SJP Lovely on a cool, cloudy day
I’m your brand sister today, wearing the oddball combo of SJP Covet and Stash. Your Lovely sounds… lovely!
HdP 1826 (Eugenie de Montijo) today. It’s apparently supposed to be inspired by her love of patchouli, but I don’t really smell patchouli in it at all, just a kind of fuzzy citrus-vanilla-incense.
Oh, I love that one. Just got a travel size during the last Sephora sale. I love that spicy citrusy thing!
I didn’t *plan* on an oddball, but randomly pulled out Caron’s French Cancan parfum while surfing The Sample Sea today and got
Apparently my own skin scent is similar to Play-Doh, and I wonder what on earth that is? I get a hint of it in Misia, too.
straight-up Play-Doh. A few years ago while sampling Rose Jam perfume, I kept thinking hmm, I don’t get it! All I smell is Play Doh! I had been sniffing the wrong arm which was commando.
What do you shower with? Maybe that is it?
I just went and huffed my unscented Dr. Bronner’s liquid baby soap to make sure and nope! no Play-Doh. I think we all have a skin scent that we’re so used to that it doesn’t register, and I just happened to have paid zealous attention to mine that particular day.
You’re a DOLL!
I’m wearing eight sprays of Roberto Cavalli Oro. Waterdragon was captivated by the sight of it, sitting in the front of my perfume cabinet because the oddball bottle is too tall to fit on the shelf where it belongs. She seemed to like the scent, too, and I may see if I can track one down for her. My bottle is a tester that I got for about twenty bucks three or four years ago. It’s still cold here and Oro is wonderfully warming.
Wheee, have enough time to read and comment for the first time in a month! I hope everyone is doing well.
Wearing Sel de Vetiver and it is glorious in the heat.
Welcome back!
Good to see you back. Hope you are doing well also!
You smell really great! Welcome back!
Today is “supposed” to be the last day of the heat wave where I am at. I felt a little sorry for the two guys who were cleaning my dryer vent this afternoon. I hope they had plenty of water in their work truck!
SOTD = Hermes Eau des Merveilles Bleue, from the sample stash and a generous NSTer. Color me surprised… I like it! I usually can’t go anywhere near an aquatic scent, it’s a bad matchup for me. EdM Bleue is a bit of mineral, some basil, and a hint of sunscreen. Perfect for sizzling hot weather, IMO. It’s an oddball in a couple of ways.
I’ve never been able to match up with aquatic either. Will give this one a shot if I see it.
It is worth a try if you see it. It also helped to ignore what I had previously heard about it, and judge it on its own merits, rather than as a flanker. Good luck!
Isn’t that funny…I got a distinct note of oregano from Bleue. I sent my samples off for the freebiemeet, so I’ll try it again sometime and look for basil. I did get the mineral note, though.
Interesting. Maybe we are smelling the same note, and interpreting it differently? BTW, a final caveat to lillyjo… EdM Bleue did get cleaner-smelling in the far drydown on me. It isn’t quite at the laundry detergent level of clean, though. If that is one of your no-gos, be advised.
Me too for oregano in EdM Bleue.
Just got home after a rough trip (family drama) – the drama isn’t over, but at least I have all my lovelies to make me smell great. I am in a happy cloud of Oliver Peoples thanks to the very generous ScentSpirit, and I just want to say thanks to everyone who did anything to make someone else’s day slightly better today. (Since I’ve seen too much of the opposite lately! Grrr.).
I hope that tomorrow is a better day!
Cheer up! Tomorrow will be better!
Family drama is the worst, and every family has it. If you need more Oliver Peoples to drown out the noise, let me know. I haven’t sent you Salome yet because I ordered a (big) bottle of Shaal Nuur and when it comes I will include that too.
Ugh. Family drama is the pits.
You smell lovely today, Robin – and we’re house cousins, as I’m in 24, Faubourg. Not odd at all, but not really like anything else I own either.
Waving belatedly to my cousin!
Oddball on the left hand-Tubereuse Criminelle. Nice once the wintergreen wears off. On the right hand, Dries van Noten. Probably won’t be able to wear any other ones this week due to low tolerance from the men in my life and zero tolerance at work.
SOTD = perfume mutt featuring Nicolai Amber Oud and Al-Rehab Choco Musk
holyneroli asked for a barbershop smelling summer perfume recommendation and I immediately thought of Amber Oud. To temper the lavender, I wore several swipes of Choco Musk, resulting in a musky, ambery, tonka bean and vanilla
Smelling AG Nuit Etoilee in the wild! How neat!
For those still reading, I am planning to split Naja $30 for 5 mLs shipped, U.S. only. I will be ordering soon because limited and will mail out in September (after my July vacay and once the worst of the summer heat is behind us). I won’t ask for money until I am ready to ship and you can drop out. I have six 5 mL split portions available. The first 4 splitees get their choice of a LuckyScent sample (no guarantees since those are frwwbies and subject to availability). Email me if interested.
Lucky you, getting a sniff of AG Nuit Etoilee!
Did you get to play the Jo Malone game yesterday? In the afternoon, the 100ml Basil/neroli was pretty easy to get. It was the only white label scent I saw offered. I’m sure there will be quite a few available at a “discount” on eBay in the near future. ????
Thanks for the tip! I usually avoid anything with Oud in the name, but I should stop judging books by their covers.
Late to the party today but enjoying my SOTD, which is Pacifica Persian Rose. It’s a year-round go-to and seems to always hit the spot when nothing else appeals.
What kind of rose is Persian Rose? I was thinking of getting some since it’s so inexpensive and there isn’t anywhere near me to test it.
To my nose it’s a soliflore, really not fruity. But YMMV.
https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Pacifica/Persian-Rose-11798.html
If you like roses, I’d say it’s a very safe blind buy.
You smell lovely!
Thanks!
No oddball fragrance tonight as today at work was enough oddball for me. Super busy day and glad it’s over so I needed something great.
SOTE is Dior Diorissimo from my recent vintage purchase. It doesn’t last terribly long but it sure is fantastic. Might have to try layering it over some lotion or oil next time.
Whoops. My comment below was for you…
Lovely–Diorissimo is so pretty. What’s the color of the juice like? I’ll spray anything not Serge-Lutens-colored on my clothes to make it last longer. You could always do it in your hair too.
Oh, spraying in the hair, good tip!! Thank you.
The color is pretty dark, so it may leave marks on lighter clothes but I do wear alot of darker things. I received a 3.3 oz bottle so I could/should spray lavishly.
You are right, it is such a pretty fragrance.
Doing a full week of oddball scents. Today was Imaginary Authors Mosaic for the limestone note. Yesterday was Olympic Orchids Salamanca for the hot clay and earth.
I’ve been skipping around and commenting, but never logged in my SOTD…
Started out in Jasmine et Cigarette in my best attempt at an oddball scent. This isn’t for me, the smoke is too much, and it gets smokier during the wear.
Due to the kindness of Apsara, I tried Wazamba today. Now, this is for me! It will be great in the cooler weather, but it’s very much dry enough to wear in the heat.
Added Prada Infusion d’Vetiver toward the end of the day. These three are a bit odd to be wearing in one day, so there you have it. ????